Zoology.] NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. [Polyzoa. 



readily distiuguislied by the submarginal denticle at the back of 

 the mouth. It is very closely allied to the European C. dentkiilata. 



Explanation of Figures. 



Platk .39. — Fig. 3, natural size. Fig. 3a, front view, magnified, showing an ovicell on a 

 twisted branch. Fig. 36, back, magnified. Fig. 3e, ovicell. 



Plate 39, Fig. 4. 



CRISIA SETOSA (P. McG.). 



Description. — Cells 4-10 in an internode, minutely punctate, elongated, tiie 

 upper part projectino- slightl}' ; mouth circular. A single long, slender, jointed spine 

 articulated to a projection immediately below and behind the mouth. Branches 

 given oif irregularly. Joints brown. 



Reference. — P. H. MacGillivray, Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict., 1868. 



WilHamstown and Queenscliff. 



This differs from all the other described multicellular species in 

 the presence of the articulated spine. 



Explanation of Figukes. 



Plate 39. — Fig. 4, natural size. Fig. 4a, specimen, magnified. Fig. 44, another specimen, 

 magnified, showing an abortive inlernode. 



Plate 39, Fig. 5. 



CRISIA TENUIS (P. McG.). 



Description. — Cells 6-13 in an internode, much elongated, slender, closely 

 adiiate in great part of their length, minutely punctate, upper part free and turned 

 forwards ; mouth circular, unarmed. Branches given off irregulaily, occasionally 

 more than one from an internode. Ovicell small, nearly globular or pyriform, 

 situated on the front of an internode at a bifurcation. 



Queenscliff, growing on the roots of algae. 



A very distinct, small, slender, delicate species. 



Explanation of Figdkes. 



Plate 39. — Fig. 5, natural size. Fig. 5a, specimen, magnified. Fig 56, young specimen, 

 magnified. Fig. be, portion, showing oviceU. 



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